Fumigating-roost.



Patented Feb. 28, 1911.

Witwaoaao drum THOMAS S. O. BLENIS, OF ROCHESTER, INDIANA.

FUMIGATING-ROOST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 28, 1911.

Application filed January 29, 1989. Serial No. 474,992.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS S. O. Brinxis,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county ofFulton and State of Indiana, have invented a new and usefulFumigating-Roost; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame' The invention relates to a device designed for a roost or perchfor chickens, turkeys and other kinds of domestic fowls and has for itsobjectto provide an improved device of this'character containing meansfor eradicating lice and other injurious vermin to which domestic fowlsare subject.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterhaving a drainage system connected thereto.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described andshown and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings forming part of this specification and in which likenumerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views,Figure l is a perspective view of a chicken roost constructed inaccordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the drainagesystem, showing the same detached. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional viewthrough one of the supporting legs. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectionalview taken through the device. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional viewthrough one of the transverse members 5 and the plate 5*.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the four arcuate corner pieceswhich are connected together by end members 2 and side members 3 and 4.The members 3 and 4 are hollow, as shown in Fig. 4, and havecommunicating pipes or tubes 5. One of the corner pieces, has connectedthereto the vertical pipe 6, which is fed by a tank 7. The pipe 6 isprovided with a cut-off 8, by which the flow of the oil or contents ofthe tank is regulated.

As soon as the tank 7 is supplied with oil, the same is communicated tothe cross piece 3 which supplies the pipes 5 and the other frame member4, as will be readily understood. The transverse members 5 are providedwith a plurality of wicks 9 which transmit the oil fumes from thisdevice to the fowls which cause the death of the lice or other verminwith which the fowls may be infected. Immediately below the frame ofthis device is a drainage system consisting of drainage plates 5 one ofwhich is arranged under each of the pipes 5 and are connected with andemptied into a larger pipe 3 which is arranged beneath the pipe 3, aswill be readily understood. By this means, the oil or other contents ofthe device can be collected as it escapes into the drainage pipe 3*.

The two end members of the frame designated by the numeral 2 areprovided with metallic straps or members 2 These metallic straps ormembers have their free ends, as shown in Fig. 3, shaped into the formof sockets 2 which are designed to receive suitable legs or supports 2,as will be clearly understood.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is- In combinationwith an oil distributing device for hen roosts, comprising paralleldistributing members and connecting conduit means, a drip catchingdevice consisting of a plurality of parallel fluid receiving concavemembers disposed beneath the distributing members, a concave pandisposed at right angles to said concave members and formed integrallytherewith, said concave members being'inclined downwardly so as to causethe collected fluid to flow into the concave pan.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS S. O. BLENIS.

Witnesses GEORGE W. MARSHALL, IVILLIAM E. MOHLEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

